This is an analysis of the poem A Reading Of Life--The Vital Choice that begins with:

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Or shall we run with Artemis... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaaXbbc X deedXec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11110100 110101010 1110 111 11100010 11101010 00111110 1 1110111 10101110 1010 001 11001010 10111110 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Reading Of Life--The Vital Choice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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